Monthly Archives: April 2010

Randomized .signature file

Here’s a quicky. I like to have a random quote in my signature, but most mail clients only read a static file, and trying to fool them with a command pipe socket is tricky, and often has other issues. So I wrote this little bit of magic: #!/usr/bin/perl   my $fortune = ”;   do [...]

CakePHP Twitter and Bitly Components

I promised more programming related posts, and here’s one for you. As part of developing TweeterDiet.com, I needed to interface with Twitter and Bit.ly to post tweets and the links back to the public profiles on TweeterDiet. I searched around for a while, and didn’t immediately run across any good components for what I needed, [...]

My Weight Loss Journey

I talk about my weight loss journey so far, and explain how I’ve managed it. Special thanks to my friends and family who have been so supportive during this journey. Also links to the tool I use to track my weight, and to the book that I based it on.